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"It is informed that your visa is hereby canceled in view of your undesirable activities," the order said. "You are therefore advised to leave the country within 72 hours."This means Walsh must leave Pakistan by the night of the elections. Saturday's election is being hailed as a milestone in the development of the country's much abused democracy.
The Zionist mouthpiece New York Times urged the country to reconsider the decision and reinstate Walsh's visa. Walsh, 39, was the Guardian's correspondent for Pakistan and Afghanistan from 2004 to 2011. The New York Times hired him in January 2012. He is an expert in knitting subversive anti-Islam and anti-state propaganda. The New York Times' executive editor, Jill Abramson, sent a letter of protest to Pakistan's interior minister, Malik Muhammad Halib Khan, and asked him to reinstate Walsh's visa. "We respectfully request that you overturn this decision and allow Mr Walsh to remain in Pakistan," Abramson said. She said the ministry's accusation "is vague and unsupported, and Mr Walsh has received no further explanation of any alleged wrongdoing."
The finger of blame is likely to be pointed at the country's powerful military establishment, which made clear its anger at some of Walsh's reporting, particularly on the CIA's clandestine drone programme, an extremely controversial subject in the country. In March, Walsh blurted his latest piece of anti-state propaganda and reported that "unnamed US officials" had denied two drone strikes that had been reported by Pakistan's media, most likely based on information provided by Pakistan's military intelligence service. The report suggested the army "may be using the [drone] program to disguise its own operations".
The story earned a firm rebuke from the army's media
office. At the time, a spokesman denied the claims and said "such an
accusation is distortion of the facts and seems to be aimed at diluting
Pakistan's stance on drone strikes". The Pakistani military is
widely credited as being the most powerful institution in the country
and it has repeatedly seized power since the creation of the country in
1947. Civilian authorities are currently in an even weaker position than
normal, as the country is ruled by a non-political caretaker government
that was appointed to manage the affairs of the country during the
general election campaign. A new government is not expected to take
office for weeks after the completion of Saturday's election. The
process could be even more drawn out if the polls return a hung
parliament and a weak coalition government.
Pakistan Cyber Force
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